A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 169

“Mr. Dillon, Elie.” Julia and Samuel rushed over.

Unable to catch her breath, Julia quickly grabbed the two. “What happened to Bria? How did she suddenly disappear?”

Before they could even respond, she turned around and noticed Leo. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she sounded hostile as she snarled, “What are you doing here, Leo? Is Bria’s disappearance connected to you in any way? Elie has already divorced you. What more do you want? Give Bria back to her!”

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With that, Amelie was on the verge of physically attacking Leo, but Samuel quickly stepped in, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her back.

At this point, Julia was fuming so hard that she kicked her feet in frustration. “Why can’t I teach him a lesson? What’s your relationship with him? This sc’mbag keeps hurting Elie, so I must fight him to death. You must be in cahoots with him since you’re stopping me!”

Julia was so angry that she spoke recklessly. Samuel also knew that she was emotional and could only try to persuade her by saying. “The most important thing right now is finding Bria. We can talk about everything else later, okay?”

After hearing those words, Julia finally calmed down and looked at Amelie. Her eyes were filled with deep worry as tears welled up. “What exactly happened to Bria?”

Amelie explained the situation again.

While furrowing his brows, Samuel asked, “You’re saying that she was sent to the hospital because of a mild case of food poisoning?”

Amelie nodded her head silently. His lips were pressed into a thin line as a wave of self-blame

filled her heart.

“It’s my fault for not taking good care of her,” Steven said regretfully as well. “If I had been more careful, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“This is not the time for self-blame,” Samuel chimed in. “Why don’t we think carefully about what happened before she felt unwell? Don’t overlook any small details, no matter how insignificant they may seem.”

He was a detective by trade and had a vast network of highly skilled detectives at his disposal. In the city, he was well-known for being the best in this industry.

nearby, perked up his ears. At the same time, he began to recall every detail of

again. “Dad, what were you about to say

was you and went to answer the door. However,

coincidence.” He hunched his back and rubbed

eyes flickered. “Even if it’s a

were surveillance cameras just outside their home. As such, Amelie pushed Steven toward Julia and instructed, “Please watch

had nothing else to say as she walked over to support Steven. “Mr. Dillon, let’s go inside and sit down. With Samuel’s abilities,

as he feared his slow movements might impede their

exchanged glances

retreating figures with his darkened

and in no time, he and Amelie

computer. She looked up and noticed Leo

bent their heads together, studying the footage with utmost concentration. The suspect was an expert, having taken great care to cover themselves entirely

to hide, the more suspicious it

the mouse and froze the image on

at the screen,

a closer look. In the dim and unclear image, the courier’s hand was clutching a small bottle, which was precisely aimed at

hand down and declared, “Whatever was in that bottle caused Bria’s mild

believe the audacity of the

command, Samuel also activated

courier’s picture.

it was time

combined power of the two men was not to be underestimated. In less than half an hour, the courier was caught. The three of them rushed down the stairs and saw Samuel’s subordinate

for anybody to speak, Leo charged forward at an almost imperceptible

The veins on his neck bulged while his eyes

is

was kicked until he gasped for air. “I swear, I

out.

force that sent the man flying backward like a weightless object. He finally crashed into a pole and curled up on the